Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 149
... short syllables ; for in rhythm all syllables are necessarily either short or long . But not only do I deny the necessity of any regularity in the succession of 149 [ THE RATIONALE OF VERSE ]
... short syllables ; for in rhythm all syllables are necessarily either short or long . But not only do I deny the necessity of any regularity in the succession of 149 [ THE RATIONALE OF VERSE ]
Page 150
... short . Our author , observe , is now engaged in a definition of versification in general , not of English versification in particular . But the Greek and Latin metres abound in the spondee and pyrrhic - the former consisting of two ...
... short . Our author , observe , is now engaged in a definition of versification in general , not of English versification in particular . But the Greek and Latin metres abound in the spondee and pyrrhic - the former consisting of two ...
Page 151
... short syllables , affords , perhaps , the best evidence of the gross irrationality and subservience to authority which characterize our Prosody . In the meantime the acknowledged dactyl and anapaest are enough to sus- tain my ...
... short syllables , affords , perhaps , the best evidence of the gross irrationality and subservience to authority which characterize our Prosody . In the meantime the acknowledged dactyl and anapaest are enough to sus- tain my ...
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The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
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